>
>
>To: PBD-L@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>From: John Roberts john.roberts@nist.gov
>
>[This message is being sent to 3 lists - apologies for duplicates]
>
>Hello,
>
>We are planning to show the working prototype of the NIST
>rotating-wheel
>Braille
>display in the at the NFB Convention in Philadelphia this coming week.
>For
>those
>who came by the exhibit last year, the current version is standard
>dimensions for
>Braille, has 16 characters exposed at a time on the wheel to allow
>multiple
>finger
>reading, and most of the Braille users who have tried it have been able
>to
>read the
>moving text while it rotates (though it can be paused for motionless
>reading).
>The software has been updated so that it can display Grade 2 Braille.
>Since we are trying to encourage manufacture of devices using this
>technology,
>we hope that the Braille display manufacturers who are at the
>Convention will
>take time to check out the prototype. I will be there July 2-7, and
>also Ollie
>Slattery (who many people have met before) and Volker Min will be
>attending.
>I will be at the ACB Convention in Des Moines July 1 only, and hope to
>talk at
>the VIDPI session in the afternoon.
>
>The NIST Braille reader web page has been partially updated, and
>additional
>major updates will
>hopefully be complete sometime during the week of the conference. In
>addition to
>the written description and the photos of the prototype, there will be
>an
>online video
>with sound and an animation showing the internal operation of the
>display.
>Because
>of the many changes being made, it may take a few tries to get
>everything
>right,
>but hopefully we will end up with a web page that will be useful both
>to
>Braille users
>and to engineers who are interested in the technology.
>
>Thanks again to the many Braille users and other people who have
>provided
>advice and encouragement during the course of this project.
>
>John Roberts
>Project leader, NIST Braille display project
>john.roberts@nist.gov
>http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/isis/projects/brailleproject.html
>
>Regards Steve,
>mailto:pattist@ozemail.com.au
>
>
>
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